Arcaya / Arkaia

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design element - motifs - circle - concentric - beaded tape

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

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design element - motifs - circle - linked circles

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design element - motifs - geometric

Scene Description: combination of concentric circles and stylised foliage [cf. FontNotes]

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design element - motifs - geometric

Scene Description: combination of concentric circles and stylised foliage [cf. FontNotes]

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symbol - star - 8-point - in a circle - beaded-tape

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 December 2012 by Zarateman [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arcaya_-_Iglesia_de_la_Natividad_de_Nuestra_Señora_03.JPG] [accessed 6 April 2014]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the font is visible on the left [south] side, by the steps leading up to the gallery

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 December 2012 by Zarateman [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arcaya_-_Iglesia_de_la_Natividad_de_Nuestra_Señora_05.JPG] [accessed 6 April 2014]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora de Arcaya [...] Presenta tres franjas en el cuerpo de la copa. La central es más ancha que las otras dos y con una ornamentación de gusto mudejar y las otras dos decoradas con círculos concéntricos, alternando con elementos geométricos"

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Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 00374] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/46002] [accessed 10 August 2024]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: by the stairs leading up to the west gallery

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 March 2014)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 March 2014)

INFORMATION

FontID: 07422ARC
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Location: Arcaya / Arkaia 1193, Alava, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side, at the foot of the gallery
Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic / Mudéjar
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: church first documented in 1226
Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/46002] [accessed 10 August 2024]: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora de Arcaya [...] Presenta tres franjas en el cuerpo de la copa. La central es más ancha que las otras dos y con una ornamentación de gusto mudejar y las otras dos decoradas con círculos concéntricos, alternando con elementos geométricos". Described in Bilbao (1994) as a baptismal font of the 15th century, Gothic period, in the Mudéjar style; the round slightly tapering basin is ornamented with a broad band of linked circles of two sizes, the large one with stars in them, all with beaded-tape pattern; above and below this broad band are two narrower bands of concentric circles alternating with geometric motifs resembling stylised foliage; all the carving very neat and regular; raised on a plain short cylindrical stem and a rounded lower base. There are no traces of cover hardware in the upper rim. This font is much like the font at Luco, also in Alava. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, in López de Guereñu and in Portilla. Noted in Plazaola Artola (2008?) [NB: we have no information on the font of the ca. 1226 church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 529849 4743328

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994
López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962
Portilla Vitoria, Micaela J., "Arte románico: raíces y evolución", 1983